Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

It was a broad gathering including everyone from consultants to students to startups – and nonprofits ranging from the San Francisco Bay Area focused Stride Center to the global fundraising platform Kiva.org. The day-long conference was also tweeted by many attendees, capturing quotes, tips, and useful resources.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

5 Trends Shaping the Future of Social Good: "ocial media has had a profound effect on the way social good organizations approach global problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

You can buy beautiful, handmade gifts made by artisans from companies and organizations like World of Good , Be Sweet , Global Girlfriend , The Amber Chand Collection and New Mexico Creates. Empower an Entrepreneur with a Kiva Loan. You can give a Kiva gift certificate for as little as $25.

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Why is there no global search engine for good news? Where are the stories of the courageous people who through their own efforts, or with a little leg up such as a Kiva loan, overcome their material poverty to create a brighter tomorrow for themselves and their communities, one person at a time. .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Windows Phone) brings your Kiva portfolio to your Windows phone. If you have a great idea for a fundraising app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. At stake is a small donation to a charity of your choice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2008

Readers suggested giving to local organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, Heifer International , Building with Books , Global Fund for Women , Planned Parenthood , DonorsChoose , Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking , Modest Needs , Women for Women International , Camfed, and many more.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. Donors have multiple options in crowdfunding platforms: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Kiva, Crowdrise, GiveEffect — and this list is growing fast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I attended a panel called "The Future of Social Innovation on the Web" This all-guy panel was facilitated by Dennis Whittle, Global Giving and featured Premal Shah, Kiva.org; Jonathan Greenblatt, Our Good Works; Steve Newcomb, Virgance; and Ben Rattray, Change.org. Kiva is at the intersection of money and meaning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Global issues like poverty are extremely complex and seem huge. m just a guy who - like a lot of people - was always concerned about important issues like global poverty but wasn???t Simple and small changes in our global, political, and personal priorities can make a huge difference. ???We There is no simple, clear answers. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Ashoka 's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Organizations like Kiva and Dining for Women demonstrate these principles well. It is relatively simple to make a donation using Kiva. If you scroll to the bottom of this page on Kiva , you will see the nine people (including me) who made a loan to Beatrices Amoka. Make it creative (ignite their imagination).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as Global Giving and Facebook Causes. Sloane Berrent, a Kiva fellow, social philanthropy activist and a former executive at Causecast who’s currently serving a three-month tour in the Philippines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net. Kiva launches a new feature that maps the flow of loans from lenders to borrowers. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Buoyed by the success of their first event, the Twestival organizers wanted to do a second event, selecting a charity that had a global outreach and an active presence on Twitter. Kiva , charity:water and a few others were mentioned. As Ben observes, " Well that ticked the boxes on the accountability and global presence fronts.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. Foundation has created the 2007 Gifts of Hope campaign in order to do just that; meaningful giving can bring hope, protection and security to the most vulnerable of our global family. Check out their MySpace page. More than just a gift, LiA is an experience that makes Africa feel closer.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2008

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Human Rights Video Hub by WITNESS and Global Voices: WITNESS and Global Voices Online have teamed up to pilot a Human Rights Video Hub where anyone anywhere can upload human rights related videos to raise awareness and launch campaigns. You can check out the pilot project on the Global Voices blog here. People connecting."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

And while Pete Cashmore announced that he would be doing a charity event in September around his 24th birthday, I'm wondering what charity wedding registry Sharon and Adam will register with? ( Kiva ?) There were also presentations about Global Giving and Causecast. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Money: If you want to search by issue for a cause to support, Network for Good and Global Giving are two places to start. I'm a big fan of Kiva too. Here are just a handful of resources to get you started: Time: VolunteerMatch is a great place to start looking for a volunteer opportunity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

She heads the firm’s practice in women’s issues and global affairs for clients including Women for Women International, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, MoveOn.org, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Global Fund for Women, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucille Packard Foundation and many others.

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